Descriptor e of cooking and preparing food— PIP

Hi nj1990

So if you can't cut up vegetables, you say why not.
1, Because of frequent bouts of dizziness you are only able to sit down for a few minutes (try and say what few is). and then you need to go and lay down.
2. Handling knives is impossible because of the lack of grip and safety issues and the real danger of hurting yourself, which is why you dont do any cooking. (Remind them again here that when you are alone you have cold food to eat).
3. Because of the lack of grip you are unable to move pans, as you would drop them. You don't have the balance of strength.
4. Nor could you take a ready meal and put in in the microwave (you need to say why you can't do this - balance, grip, dizziness, lifting something out - the danger of burning and hurting yourself, being unable to stand).
5. You also need to say why you cannot sit on a perching stool (because of the dizziness).

There is a list of aids in the PIP Claim guide, you don't have to address each one but for everything that you are saying that you cannot do you need to see whether an aid would help and then explain why it wouldn't.

The term "reliable" is a collective noun for four sets of criteria;

• Safely – in a fashion that is unlikely to cause harm to themselves or to another person.
• To a necessary and appropriate standard – given the nature of the activity.
• Repeatedly – as often as is reasonably required.
• In a timely manner – in a reasonable time period.

so where you say "I cannot prepare a simple meal reliably" you need to change this to one of the terms above.

Gary

Hi nj1990

The definition of a ready meal in this case, is a store brought one (which could be frozen or not)

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